I have more bad news for you. You need to work to earn money online. If you expect to read an article and wait for the money to drop out of the sky, you will be sadly disappointed. Work, regular and steady work, is the only way to have a chance at succeeding.

Now let me give you the good news. There are lots of ways to make money online. And there are lots of people making money on the internet right now. And I have even better news for you; I can help you become one of these people.

I am going to give you the secret to making money and being successful on the internet. If you will listen to me for the next few minutes and follow the path you will have a better chance of making money online than 95% of everyone else who attempts to earn money online.

The first thing you need to do is to answer this question. How much money do you want to make with your internet business each month? Be specific; put an exact dollar amount to it. Now, there is no wrong answer to this; however, if you look at what you wrote and don't believe you can achieve that amount; you need to change it to a smaller amount. Not to be negative, but if you don't believe it, you won't achieve it.

Right beside your goal write down how many hours per week you have available to work to reach this goal. Whether it is 5 hours or 25 hours write it down. Include with this time the exact days and hours you will be working on your business.

There are many people who have failed at earning money online. Almost without exception these people didn't take the time to set their goals. They were doomed from the start because they didn't have any idea where they were headed. You are way ahead of these people because you just created your blueprint for success.

Now that you have your goals written down and you have defined exactly when you will be working its time to figure out what path to start down. Are you wondering what to do first?Here is your first task. Search for a successful online marketer. Every person I have interviewed who has been successful making a living online has found someone to mentor them when they started achieving success.

Here's how to start. Search for good online courses and online email magazines . I have subscribe to hundreds of free internet services, most of which are not worth the time to read. Let me give you some tips for finding the good ones.

Sign up for a free email address. Go to one of the free email account services so that you won't care about giving out the email address. Sign up for the free ezines and online courses using this email address. You will discover a lot of bad ones and a few good ones. When you discover one worth reading, sign up again with an account you check regularly so that you don't miss out on any valuable information.

Avoid the online ezines that who offer to sell you something immediately after signing up for their free service. I have found almost without exception that these services will not be worth your time. They will only try and sell you the latest money making opportunity they came across.

Avoid the services that have a lot of flashy promotion on their opt-in page. The problem with the majority of these only push online business ideas.

Many of the whorthwhile services that I receive had simple sign up pages. These sites most always contained a picture of the editor with a brief rundown of the author's history.

Take time to acquaint yourself with the emails you are receiving. Find the services that provide good quality information. Remember, the good ones will give good free advice and only promote products and services that will truly help you earn money online.

Once you find a person providing great service and worthwhile recommendations, stick with them. You can build earn money online by following their advice, I know I did.